Word: outlook
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...talking about Harvard's investments under the illegitimate South African regime. Harvard rationalizes these investments saying they in no way encourage apartheid. Instead, the monies increase the representation of our outlook on apartheid. They allege that the U.S. firms provide jobs and opportunities for Blacks. And a fire sale of assets would only benefit the white establishment anyway. So the administration claims its investments in no way buttress the apartheid system which most Americans find depraved and repugnant. Harvard cannot claim that about the spending which we wish to address...
...outlook for aquaculture appears too good to be true, it should be noted that not everyone is a fervent convert. Among the holdouts is David Bouley, chef, specialist in French provincial cuisine and owner of Bouley in New York City, a four-star restaurant in most of the guides. No species brings out the temperament in a chef as salmon does. Bouley will not allow the Norwegian hothouse variety in his kitchen. "It cooks too fast and has a lingering aftertaste," he complains. "I couldn't even make stock from the carcass, because the bones have an oily taste...
ALTHOUGH the obstacles facing international admissions officers may seem insurmountable, the outlook is not entirely bleak. The better universities in the U.S. have need-blind admissions policies that enable many students to finish an undertaking that would otherwise be too expensive for them to consider...
...going to see it that way." By the end of the year, White House sources predict, a Bush re-election committee will be formed, possibly under the leadership of Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher or businessman Fred Malek. As if to underscore how the election changed the President's outlook, Bush and Sununu late last week lunched at the White House with some of his old political allies, including former press secretary Peter Teeley and former chief of staff Craig Fuller. Afterward one participant claimed that Bush will "pay more attention to communication and politics...
Passenger-traffic growth was anemic for the year even before the gulf crisis erupted. Domestic passenger miles have increased only 2.7% this year, while the foreign business of American carriers has grown 17%. But the airlines are watching a relatively slow year turn into a disaster. The financial outlook: "Stinko," declares Robert Crandall, chief of American Airlines, one of the healthiest carriers. Michael Durham, the airline's chief financial officer, blames the fuel jolt as the No. 1 problem. "There's very little you can do when a commodity that represents 15% to 20% of your total operating costs goes...